Source: Extra-inning, extra-runner rule to remain  —  Major League Baseball is making it permanent: In all regular-season extra-inning games, a runner will be placed on second base to begin the 10th inning, and in every subsequent extra inning after that, until a winner is determined, according to a source familiar with the situation.

Cardinals, John Mozeliak agree on extension to lead baseball ops through 2025, per source  —  JUPITER, Fla. — The architect behind 15 consecutive winning seasons will continue to lead the Cardinals for several more years, through the construction of a modern spring training complex …

Kansas City Chiefs win the Super Bowl for the 2nd time in 4 years, beating the Philadelphia Eagles 38-35 on a FG with 8 seconds left  —  GLENDALE, Ariz. — Patrick Mahomes shook off an ankle injury, turned back into a magician and pulled out another comeback on the biggest stage to help …

Knicks' new ‘dog’ Josh Hart impresses in 126-120 win over Jazz  —  The Knicks welcomed their new Hart & Soul.  —  Josh Hart was the intense and galvanizing presence as advertised in his Knicks debut Saturday night, coming off the bench and finishing with winning plays to toss away the Jazz, 126-120.

NO GOOD: Nets lose your Sixers, 101-98, after Spencer Dinwiddie's buzzer-beater waved off  —  With 0.9 seconds left on the clock, and his team down three, Spencer Dinwiddie knew all he could do was catch and shoot.A pump fake would have taken too long.  —  Same for an escape dribble or a double-clutch.

Ted Lerner, real estate magnate and Nationals owner, dies at 97  —  Theodore N.  “Ted” Lerner, a self-made billionaire developer who became principal owner of the Washington Nationals and oversaw the team's rise to prominence, capped by its victory in the 2019 World Series, died Feb. 12 at his home in Chevy Chase, Md. He was 97.

Big-spending Padres have made themselves into one of MLB's ‘haves’  —  Padres have spent money to make money, need to continue winning to make it feasible in the long term  —  The unthinkable is happening.  —  The Padres, who play in Major League Baseball's fifth-smallest media market …

UC Irvine buries UC Riverside behind sizzling shooting  —  IRVINE — The UC Irvine basketball team started off red hot on Saturday night and never really cooled off.  —  The Anteaters shot 56.7% from the floor on their way to an 83-64 victory over UC Riverside in a Big West Conference game at the Bren Events Center.

NBA trading deadline was money for nothing for Heat  —  It could be argued that on the quietest of NBA trade deadlines for the Miami Heat that they actually pushed all of their chips to the middle of the table.  —  It also came to be realized that those chips, at least at the moment, have no value.